Mina 미나 was born on Monday, March 24, 1997, in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She moved to Kobe, Japan, as a toddler.

She was born in the Chinese Year of the Ox. Her zodiac star sign is Aries. Mina, Nayeon, and Chaeyoung are 163 cm or 5'4" tall. Mina, Nayeon, Momo, and Tzuyu’s blood type is A.

Momo, Sana, and Mina are from Japan and speak Japanese. She also speaks English. She went to Obayashi Sacred Heart School.

Mina studied ballet for eleven years before joining Urizip dance school for more modern dance training. In 2013, she was scouted by a JYP Entertainment staff member while shopping with her mother and was invited to join JYP Entertainment Global. She went to a JYP audition in Japan and joined the trainee program in South Korea on January 2, 2014. She appeared in Got7’s music video for “Stop Stop It,” Junho’s music video for “Feel,” Wooyoung’s music video for “R.O.S.E.,” and Miss A’s music video for “Only You.”

She likes to find good restaurants. She’s a fan of EXO’s Suho. A fan gave her a gift of a ketchup bottle with her name on it.